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It looks fantastic except for those two tasting cubicles in front. I appreciate the need for social distancing, but they seem a little small. Yeah, it would be quite awkward with my part of of 4 in there. Those cubicles are reserved for a$$holes only. I have my moments where I'd think I'd jump to t...

T Welch wrote: ↑
July 2nd, 2020, 6:28 pm
It looks fantastic except for those two tasting cubicles in front. I appreciate the need for social distancing, but they seem a little small.

Yeah, it would be quite awkward with my part of of 4 in there.

Constellation paid some $$$ for the current online DTC sales model Gary V created with that brand. As hinted before, Gary V probably put a lot of sweet equity into the project and gladly took some Millions of $ shortly after to let someone buy out the project. On to the next venture for Gary V. Sni...

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July 2nd, 2020, 12:53 pm

bryan c wrote: ↑
June 30th, 2020, 4:48 pm

J. Cohen wrote: ↑
June 30th, 2020, 2:18 pm

https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=3448100

FYI, more logged here: https://www.cellartracker.com/wine.asp?iWine=3247260
Good find. It's an ultra rare bottle that's for sure!

If that valuation is grounded, 8 Gs a bottle rare

My only question is why an early exit. Pressured by investors, promised a juicy earn-out or... just didn't want to deal with the actual headache of running a larger business? my guess is exactly that. Constellation comes in with a bag of money and he's able to bring in a nice windfall for him and h...

Similar experience. I was on wayyy back in like 04/05-ish. Prices of wine kept escalating, shipping was getting ridiculous compared with others in CA, my tastes for that style shifted, dropped and never looked back. I think I might have one 07 left laying around.

Rich Salsano wrote: ↑
July 2nd, 2020, 4:45 am

Michael Martin wrote: ↑
July 2nd, 2020, 4:28 am
He was just on CNBC.
I saw that piece. Mostly the Constellation CEO did the talking but it was good to see GV and happy for all of them.

Yeah, I'm happy for him as well. He's a likable guy, sticky personality; and super generous, especially at the off-lines we used to attend.

Cris Whetstone wrote: ↑
June 25th, 2020, 7:48 am
Every bottle is an experience.

Succinct and simple, well put. I enjoy experiences exploring my own tastes and perceptions as well as social interactions with others.

Every bottle offers a new and unique experience in that regard.

Great question, and its Loring and Kutch by a fair margin

I use wireless tags. Super easy, mobile app to monitor with alarms. http://wirelesstag.net/ There are also a few threads on this if you do a search. Thanks, I just took another look at the search results. I overlooked the recent Wine Bottle Thermometer thread as I was just thinking room temp. Surpr...

Hi Folks, I've had my cellar for quite a bit and rarely run in to issues. Recently though, the GFI that my condenser plugs in to outside my house popped causing the air exchanger to just blow room temp air in to the cellar. I caught it before things got above 62 however I could have easily been away...

Rudy Specials? Only folks willing to take 'em? Part facetious, part "wow" no one tried to take those to auction. Weirdly, having just gone back to do a brief check of all the things Don found wrong with the fake 62 La Tâche sold by Rudy, that one looks legit. Perhaps, I'm not an expert like the Don...

Jefery Levy's attempt to bludgeon Hart Davis with bad publicity, must certainly qualify as the most inauspicious debut post ever. Don Cornwell's multi-post take-down of Levy is epic. Victor Hong summed it up perfectly: That grouse decided to taunt a hunter, not realizing from upstream posts that he...

Gavin, it shouldn't be too hard to find JJ Prum from retailers in the U.S. and as others have said, it's too much of a hassle to try to get around the three-tier system to get their wines. I know you're new in your wine journey, particularly with riesling, but don't forget there are other producers...

Yeah, Burgundy is witch craft, voodoo, hoodoo, blood sugar sex magiks

I blame one Ian Dorin for a date night with Dujac at a long since gone restaurant. Its all his fault, at least that's what I tell my wife when the credit card bills come in.

Rudy Specials?

Only folks willing to take 'em?

Part facetious, part "wow" no one tried to take those to auction.

Tell them to run away like the room is on fire.

The offers keep coming, and I knew I eventually had to tie a tourniquet. Out of amusement, I just looked at my account. I forgot how many of these things I bought. No regrets, leading indicators point to good QPR. However I have to start making room. My latest oh shit moment.

I use wine cellar innovations. I have been slowly buying out my cellar worth of their Vinter series. I have nothing but good things to say. Just be aware, lead times are a little longer than normal due to COVID. Same, quite some time back however still seem fair. Needed a few things to expand here ...

Making assorted styles of sliders tonight.

Going Magnum of 2004 Veraison Cabernet Sauvignon.

Larger format to be explored over a few days.

Neal.Mollen wrote: ↑
June 21st, 2020, 12:45 pm
Lovely scene, lovely wine, lovely note. Well done.

Yeah, gotta echo this, nice trifecta, can't put it better.

That would be a birth year wine for me. Maybe I get fortunate and find one well kept.

Kysela imports a fun one. Picpoul de Pinet from Hughues de Beaulieu (spelling?). Yes, a 'house wine' of their own creation. Theirs is slightly more fruity than most but extremely consistent. Others are more like a Muscadet with lower acidity. Its a consistent, inexpensive, summer porch sipper. Can'...

This arrived yesterday, it sat for a day in a cellar and I could not help myself. I'm popping....saw someone say "pobega" a bottle on offer 1, sounds like infanticide, guilty here, someone will have to fill that reference in one day for me. Cab Franc, shiat, not something I buy outright usually. Can...

JDavisRoby wrote: ↑
June 4th, 2020, 1:08 pm
Does all those cases of de Négoce folks are buying count?

I think this might be more true now, and definitely as a producer.

Since I was too late to buy the summer hold option, I decided to pobega this wine to make sure that nothing’s wrong with the bottle. Bottles was received at 74 degree in So Cal. Dark purple, almost black in color. Plum, chocolate, nice grippy tannin but not over powering. Long finish and smooth on ...

Appalachian Vintner is pretty solid

Leon Katraix wrote: ↑
June 5th, 2020, 1:45 pm

Albert R wrote: ↑
June 2nd, 2020, 6:34 pm
15 Old Vines-excellent. This has really improved in the last year. The tannins continue to ease. Black/dark red fruited with a hint of spice.
Totally agree. The 2015 is in a really great place right now

Day 2 and its drinking like a champ

...all because of special deal circumstances - I find those 'special circumstances' to be getting rarer and rarer. Besides a good wine at a good price, don't see the reason to stock up on 1 particular wine since there are always new vintages coming out and, if you really enjoy following a winery, t...

Every now and then I find Turley at around 25 on sale.

Edit, upper limit for your thread, however within reason

Oh, I' sure its off by a large margin, plus I moved Australia, Austria and Germany to the other side of the room.

I have a 4 to 5 hour true up (reckoning) coming.

Over wine of course.

I hit the pause button for a bit and inventory did drop. Then I am not exactly sure what happened, FedEx and UPS became frequent visitors again, and now its back up near the miid-900s with 42 pending.

Time to get to work... er, consuming.

Yeah, I had to pull the trigger there too, thx for the heads up

Offer 6, 2017 Cab Sauv, "composed primarily of Oakville and Rutherford benchland fruit with a bit of Howell Mountain and Calistoga" 14.6 Alc

Went for a case

Hard to compete with these classics as well...

I tried to be good about this when I started with wine and as John alluded to it becomes a chore. I'd guess wrong on approaching the bottle; become more like a roulette of oven or soaking. My wife got me a label remover kit that seemed more like a Brazilian wax for a bottle. That didn't work consist...

Thanks for the PSA. Friends of mine have at times accused me of being tough on wine shops that are not prompt and on point with their service and communications. This thread is exactly why I am tough on that.

Be the fist of an angry God, I'm rooting for you.

Also had a batch of 30s and 40s Rieslings, there were a few standouts, this one I still have a pic of.

Kinda cheating with this answer, Mouton is literally art.

I think George Carlin would have enjoyed this thread.

I think its a good point raised on tastes changing. Mine have. I've moved away for overly sweet things, especially desserts. I gravitate more towards tart and acidic. Love me some Sorbet. And there's always room for cheese. I think I started out buying them on some naive and OCD concept of a balance...

Lol, I was just pondering a similar thought a few months ago. After that epiphany, I did start opening some. Half bottles. I think that is the trick with dessert wines unless I am hosting and its a crowd that appreciates them. Otherwise, yup, they sit, and sit, and sit, and.... I'm trying to be more...

Wine and War: The French, the Nazis, and the Battle for France's Greatest Treasure it is not in the same genre as the other informational ones mentioned but it is a great and easy read about WW2 through the lens of the wine families who experienced it. If you do read, I hope you enjoy. This book ca...

Glad to hear your health has returned. That looks like a lovely bottle.

Latest offer specifically... the thoughts that ran though my head... -ABV high, risk , yet not a glaring red flag, more yellow. -Cab Franc, I likee. -Hughes, good name in my book. -Price. not too shabby. -Stagecoach, good pedigree I've done worst with change in my car. I am in for a case ......I me...

Everyday wine=wine. Between the pandemic and a cancer scare I want to enjoy whatever whenever. Grand Cru Burgundy on a Tuesday with leftovers? Yes! Glad it was only a scare. My mom had a rough go with the big C, survived; that took down quite a few bottles and aged me quite a bit. It helped mature ...

The concept of drinking every day doesn't entice me, yet the concept of an every day drinker is a thing. They are bottles that keep me out of my cellar making rash decisions and/or for times I just want a brief splash of something purple or straw. While I do have enough where I can weather such thin...

Latest offer specifically... the thoughts that ran though my head...

-ABV high, risk , yet not a glaring red flag, more yellow.

-Cab Franc, I likee.

-Hughes, good name in my book.

-Price. not too shabby.

-Stagecoach, good pedigree

I've done worst with change in my car.

This is tough, and I'll be polite and just stick to who I enjoy

Kutch
Loring
Stag's Leap

There's more, waning, and moving to less worth it.

mike pobega wrote: ↑
May 14th, 2020, 12:17 pm
I find that if I don't like an Italian wine I can just keep repeating to myself least six times really fast: 'You just don't understand Italian wine' .. and I feel better.

I love it, and its much faster than reading Matt Kramer's "Making Sense of Italian Wine" again.

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